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Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems (softbase@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
: Idan Feigenbaum (yfeigenbaum@decisiondata.com) wrote:

: : 	I need the WORD for windows file format.

: If I had a nickel for every time this question has been asked, I would
: be rich beyond my wildest dreams.

: The Word file format is a PROPRIETARY TRADE SECRET OF MICROSOFT!  It
: has never been released to the public. You may be able to license it
: for a fee from Microsoft, but you'd probably have to sign a
: non-disclosure agreement. If anyone has reverse-engineered the file
: format, it has never been leaked to the public. If someone did this,
: they'd be asking MS to make an example of them in the courts. None of
: MS's development information sources (Knowledge Base, MSDN CDs, etc)
: documents the file format.

: Of all the word processors, only WordPerfect has a developer's kit
: with the file format documented in it, an optional extra you have
: to pay for. I don't think they even still have it.

: : 	Even knowing to take out from the .DOC file only the TEXT
: : 	would be helpfull.

: Use a "strings" program.

If you have access to the program, you can save the files in another
format that you can read, such as RTF.  If not, then you are probably stuck.

--
Joe Novosel

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